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Oct 9, 2026
MANILA, Philippines — A Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) official on Friday raised to the impeachment court her concern about the exposure of the names of their revenue officers in public after the defense team displayed confidential Letters of Authority (LOAs) on screen. Prosecution witness Anne Loraine Garcia-Marquez, chief-of-staff of the BIR Commissioner, brought up
BUDGET 2027 | PM's 'waad nasional' ensures no one is left behind.
Manases Carpio-owned Cale88 listed only two employees in its general info sheet despite reporting P150 million in sales in 2024
China’s cooperation with the Pacific islands is not part of a geopolitical competition, top diplomat Wang Yi told a delegation of politicians from the region on Friday. The comments come as Beijing and Washington vie for influence in the South Pacific. “China’s engagement with Pacific island countries is a form of South-South cooperation based on mutual assistance and support,” Wang said, according to a statement from the Communist Party’s International Department. “This cooperation does not...
Confessed drug war perpetrators are also expressing interest in sharing their stories, according to the Truth Commission. “We are getting calls and interest even from former perpetrators, so maybe against the backdrop of what has already been documented, but former perpetrators are also now expressing interest in telling their stories," Commissioner Al Fuertes said.
MANILA, Philippines — The prosecution panel for Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial has dropped Article III of the Articles of Impeachment or the allegations that she bribed different officials of the Department of Education, public prosecutor and Bukidnon Rep. Jonathan Keith Flores said. Flores in a press briefing on Friday said that they have filed
The NBI claims CHR Chairperson Richard Palpal-latoc allegedly still received allowances for a trip already funded by a foreign sponsor
China should avoid taking a “confrontational posture” over a new security pact between the United States, Denmark and Greenland as it might end up being excluded from engagement on the emerging Arctic order. That was the warning from Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s National Institute of Strategic Studies (NISS), a Chinese think tank, in a report released on Wednesday. It also said the US was unlikely to turn the northern polar region into its “exclusive strategic backyard”. The report noted that...
BUDGET 2027 | Rare words, wisdom from various languages used to emphasise duties of a responsible govt.
The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte concluded its 37th day with the prosecution wrapping up the presentation of its last two witnesses, as well as the dropping of the bribery article.
So many cities in the world, but no one quite like her (Makati)
MANILA, Philippines — The prosecution panel in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial on Friday called out one of her lawyers for allegedly going in circles while questioning a Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) witness about the vice president’s tax records. At the resumption of the trial, prosecution counsel Erwin Matib questioned whether defense lawyer
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